Visit Timer - Cookie Timeout Time

[D.Scott]

This isn't really a problem I guess, more of a request. Would it be possible to keep the fires burning for a longer period of time to indicate unread threads? I try to cover as many threads as I can but sometimes the fires go out as I am answering a post or when the phone rings. It isn't insurmountable because I can go by the "last post" indicator but then I have to scroll up to see if there are other new posts as well. When you have the little "arrows" it goes right to the last post since you were there. Thanks for your consideration.

Dave

 

[energy]

Not for nothing, but......

This isn't really a problem I guess, more of a request. Would it be possible to keep the fires burning for a longer period of time to indicate unread threads? I try to cover as many threads as I can but sometimes the fires go out as I am answering a post or when the phone rings. It isn't insurmountable because I can go by the "last post" indicator but then I have to scroll up to see if there are other new posts as well. When you have the little "arrows" it goes right to the last post since you were there. Thanks for your consideration.

Dave

Dave-Good Morning. Love those New England Patriots!!!!!
Anyway,
Using the new posts feature is, to me, the easiest way to keep track of the new posts read. When you have read them, the bold font goes away and the font is normal. After I read a post, I simply hit new posts again and any new ones are right there on top in bold. In addition, the new posts keeps all the posts available for a long time. If I leave the site to do something else, say for about 10-15 minutes, the new posts are still there and only the bold ones are new. The flames thing shows only the last post in the particular forum. Quite often there is a new post that happened a few minutes before and without using the new post feature, it can be easily missed. JMHO

 

[Marc]

energy: Are you referring to the 'Last 24 Hours' (get daily) or the 'Get posts since last visit'?

I use the 'Last 24 Hours' and don't have a problem.

Dave: The timer is set at 20 minutes. Default is 15. I'm hesitant to set it to 30 minutes.

 

[energy]

energy: Are you referring to the 'Last 24 Hours' (get daily) or the 'Get posts since last visit'?

I use the 'Last 24 Hours' and don't have a problem.

Dave: The timer is set at 20 minutes. Default is 15. I'm hesitant to set it to 30 minutes.

I visit so often that I use "last Visit". I erred in saying the bold font isn't there when I come back. But, I know if I already them. After all, my memory still functions relatively normal.

 

[howste]

I vote for a longer timer also. If I visit every day, I can just use the "Last 24 hours" button, but sometimes when I'm traveling I may not be able to visit for several days. I like to catch up with what's going on without having everything being "marked as read" when I have to do something else for 20 minutes.

 

[Marc]

Back when this software was installed this 'cookie timeout' timer issue was discussed. The problem is no matter what the set timeout threshold, someone can always ask for 'a few more minutes'. It's as easy to walk away from the computer for 30 or 40 minutes as it is for 20.

The basic complaint here is that after 20 minutes if you use the 'Posts since last visit' link it will not show (now by Bold text) threads you have not read because after 20 minutes of no activity, the software assumes you have left thus your 'Last Visit Time and Date' changes and is written to the database.

However, using the Last 24 Hours link will give you all posts and whether you have read them or not - the 'Last Visit' timer is not part of the equation with this search.

I don't know right now. Let me think it over. I might go for 30 minutes, but I want to think about the overall effects. So far as I can see it's minor, all in all. Basically it will skew the 'Visitors Concurrently Online' number causing it to increase and degrades the relevance of the 'Who's Online' function.

Remember, thought, all it takes to reset the timer for another 20 minutes before the software logs you out is to load a forum page or anything else in the forums.

 

[howste]

I did find that if I go to my internet explorer history I can find the search ID number for the first time I pushed the "New Posts" link today. It will still display the same threads that it did at the time, regardless of if I have been inactive for over 20 minutes. It's kind of a workaround, but gets the job done...

 

[Marc]

Interesting. I didn't know it would do that.

 

[D.Scott]

Please don't increase te time on my account. The difference between 20 minutes and 30 minutes won't make any difference for me. There are a lot of times when I get called to the floor or to another plant and can't get back for hours. I think if I try using the other features listed above I will solve the problem without difficulty.

Thanks for the help.

Dave

 

[Marc]

After the software update last night I went ahead and extended the timeout to 30 minutes. I don't know that it will help much either, but I'm really don't want to go more than that.